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Cows can use tools, prompting science to rethink animal intelligence
An Austrian cow is exhibiting capabilities only previously observed in humans and chimpanzees.
This new meditation app aims to foster empathy for chickens
Empathize, is the first-ever mindfulness app focusing on compassion for animals – starting with chickens.
Could this new EcoPark proposal replace San Francisco Zoo?
A bold new plan sets out to transform the struggling zoo into a space of sustainability and awareness.
Education on animal protection will be mandatory in Colombian schools
New legislation dubbed the "Empathy Law" will make animal welfare compulsory on the country's educational curriculum.
Bestselling plant-based nutrition book 'How Not to Die’ adapted into documentary film
First published in 2015, How Not to Die has become one of the most influential books on plant-based nutrition. Now, its central arguments have been adapted into a documentary film examining the links between diet and long-term health outcomes.
Boiling lobsters alive to be banned in England after recognition of sentience
This is the first time that decapods and cephalopods have been protected by UK law since they were recognised as sentient beings capable of feeling pain in 2022.
Black-market lemur meat trade driving species to extinction, new research shows
Madagascar's lemurs are declining due to a spike in demand for their meat – and an alarming illegal trade.
Annual supersized squid catchers are emptying the oceans, investigation reveals
Squid caught by these vessels is shipped to the US, UK, and Europe, linking global markets to alleged abuse and destruction.
Huge victory for animals and the environment as citizens can no longer buy fireworks in the Netherlands
The Netherlands’ nationwide fireworks ban takes effect this year, closing the chapter on public New Year’s Eve displays in a country long known as Europe’s largest fireworks buyer.
Fashion’s favorite excuse: the myth of the ethical by-product
Leather, wool, feathers: even if they were by-products, would that make a difference?
Food and fossil fuel production causes $5bn in environmental damage every hour, report finds
A new UN report uncovers a staggering truth: the two unsustainably managed industries are causing costly harm to the planet.
Natalie Portman teams up with Uncaged Innovations to advance animal-free leather
The actor and long-time vegan will act as strategic partner to the material innovation company, joining them on the mission to make clean, animal-free fashion a reality.
Iain Douglas-Hamilton, elephant expert, conservationist, and campaigner, dies aged 83
The person who taught the world to see elephants as individuals leaves an enduring conservation legacy.
Major U.S. publisher bans fur across all its titles
Hearst joins Condé Nast and major fashion weeks as fur rapidly disappears from mainstream fashion.
Over 60,000 African penguins die from starvation as food stocks collapse
The research highlights how climate change and industrial fishing combined to devastate one of Africa’s most endangered seabirds.
The world's first cultivated meat farm opens in the Netherlands
Supported by EU funding, a dairy farm in South Holland can now also produce cultivated meat products.
New York Fashion Week goes fur-free
The CFDA has announced that fur is banned across any official NYFW events, along with its online presence.
Over half of Americans are open to a preventative plant-based diet this National Diabetes Month
Research shows that 65% of US citizens would try plant-based foods to prevent disease.
Over 300 lobbyists for industrial agriculture attended COP30, investigation reveals
New investigation reveals powerful meat and pesticide interests had a bigger presence at COP30 than many world governments.
Mink eyelashes: how fur found its way into beauty
Mink eyelashes are, in every sense, a by-product of the fur industry. Essentially, wearing mink lashes means that you're wearing fur on your face.